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Guides

Case Notification for Varicella v2.0

PLEASE DO NOT DEVELOP CASE NOTIFICATION MESSAGES BY USING THESE GUIDES. These guides are for historical reference only. New guides are in development and may be found, along with their artifacts, on the NNDSS web site at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/message-mapping-guides.html.

Case Notification Standards for Varicella and Guidelines for Implementation

Standard

Description

Application for Case Notification

NETSS.dat file

NETSS is the legacy standard that is currently in use for transmission of both individual case and summary case reports. All reporting jurisdictions should continue to send individual varicella case notifications until they transition to sending Varicella case notifications using the appropriate HL7 PHIN Case Notification Guide. For summary case notifications, the NETSS.dat file format should be used until a summary standard is published and includes Varicella.

For Individual-level Case Reports:

Continue to use the NETSS file format until successful transition to appropriate PHIN Case Notification Standard for Varicella

For Summary-Level Case Reports:

Continue to use the NETSS file format until a PHIN Summary Case Notification Standard is published that includes Varicella.

PHIN Case Notification GuideVaricella Version 1.0

Version 1.0 of the PHIN Case Notification Guide for Varicella was published in 2008 and applies to individual-level case reports, but not summary case reports. Reporting Jurisdictions may use this version to satisfy case notification recommendations until 12/31/2010. The CDC Program anticipates, by the end of 2010, that reporting jurisdictions have transitioned to the desired message mapping guide version 2.0 for Varicella. Any jurisdictions engaging in HL7 messaging for Varicella after 12/31/2008 is requested to utilize the version 2.0 standard.

For Individual-level Case Reports:

May be used for case notification for Varicella for jurisdictions engaging prior to 12/31/2008. Partners who have already implemented Varicella 1.0 prior to 12/31/2008 may continue to satisfy case notification recommendations through 12/31/2010. By that time, the CDC Program hopes those jurisdictions implement the desired 2.0 standard.

Jurisdictions wishing to implement HL7 case notifications for Varicella after 12/31/2008 should utilize version 2.0.

PHIN Case Notification GuideVaricella Version 2.0

Version 2.0 of the PHIN Case Notification Guide for Varicella was published in 2009 and applies to individual-level case reports only. Reporting Jurisdictions may use this version to satisfy case notification recommendations until such time as surveillance needs require the guide to be updated.* Any jurisdictions engaging in HL7 messaging for Varicella after 12/31/2008 is requested to utilize the version 2.0 standard.

For Individual-level Case Reports Only:

May be used for case notification for Varicella for jurisdictions engaging after 12/31/2008.

*Versions of PHIN Case Notification Guides for any Nationally Notifiable Condition (NNC) may change as surveillance needs require, but not more frequently than annually. After a guide is changed, reporting jurisdictions will be given ample time to transition to a newer version (as defined by CDC and reporting partners). Examples of circumstances that may require changes to a case notification guide include, but are not limited to the following: a new or emerging condition, changes in variables or notification criteria voted on at the annual Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) meeting, change in reporting jurisdiction or CDC program needs, etc.